| Norman |
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| 01/07/2008 11:42 |
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Re: Western Digital My Book 500GB
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A Network Attached Storage (NAS) device is a good solution to consider but, even at gigabit speed, they are not as fast as internal devices. I use a Buffalo Terastation (2gb) but use it mainly for backup. It uses 4 disks in a raid 5 array so that if a disk fails you can replace it and not lose any data. It does mean that the capacity is reduced by the size of one of the disks (500gb) so I effectively have 1.5 Tb of networked storage. This is ample to fully backup my 1.5 Tb of internal storage though.
Any gigabit network device will need to attach to a gigabit router. I don't know of any wireless routers that operate at that speed and certainly not wirelessly. You can pick up a gigabit router up for £25 or so.
Another external (non-network) solution landed in my inbox this morning. A WD 500gb USB2 drive for £49.99 (delivery included). here